Territory which at one time or another have been part of the British Empire through the story. The overseas territories are underlined in the British Empire .The understood domains, colonies, protectorates and territories governed or administered by the United Kingdom between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries.
During the first decades of the twentieth century, the British Empire covered a population of about 528 million people and approximately 33,670,000 km ², which meant about a quarter of world population and one fifth of the land surface.
The peak itself was developed over 100 years (the so-called imperial century developed between 1815 and 1914), through a series of phases related to trade expansion, colonization and conquest, as well as periods of diplomatic activity. Probably the imperial point of maximum height may be between 1890 and 1920.
The Empire facilitated the spread of technology, trade, language and the British government around the world. Imperial hegemony contributed to spectacular economic growth in Britain and the weight of their interests on the world stage. The first used the term 'British Empire' was Dr. John Dee, astrologer, alchemist and mathematician of Queen Elizabeth I of England, 1558-1603.
Territory which at one time or another have been part of the British Empire through the story. The overseas territories are underlined in the British Empire .The understood domains, colonies, protectorates and territories governed or administered by the United Kingdom between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries.
During the first decades of the twentieth century, the British Empire covered a population of about 528 million people and approximately 33,670,000 km ², which meant about a quarter of world population and one fifth of the land surface.
The peak itself was developed over 100 years (the so-called imperial century developed between 1815 and 1914), through a series of phases related to trade expansion, colonization and conquest, as well as periods of diplomatic activity. Probably the imperial point of maximum height may be between 1890 and 1920.
The Empire facilitated the spread of technology, trade, language and the British government around the world. Imperial hegemony contributed to spectacular economic growth in Britain and the weight of their interests on the world stage.
The first used the term 'British Empire' was Dr. John Dee, astrologer, alchemist and mathematician of Queen Elizabeth I of England, 1558-1603.
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